Manifolding sales-book.



N .879 447. PATENTED FEB. 18 1908.

0 J. R. DIGKSON.

MANIFOLDING SALES BOOK.

APPLICATION FILED 0GT.15, 1904.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

W NyENTOH H a/ 7% i iw PATENTED FEB. 18, 1908. J. R. DIGKSON. 1 MANIFOLDING SALES BOOK.

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INV NTIOI? ATTOHNEXS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' JOHN RAE DIOKSON, OF NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK, ASSIQNOR TO THE CARTER-ORUME COMPANY, LIMITED, OF NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF CANADA.

MANIFOLDING SALES-BOOK.

I Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 18, .1908.

Application filed October 15. 1904- lerial Zia. 228.519-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JonN RAE DICKSON, residing at Niagara Falls, in the county of Niagaraand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Manifolding Sales-Books, of which the following is-a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to counter sales books.

One of the objects thereof is to provide a simple and eflicient counter sales book hav ing the advantages of cheapness of manufacture, ease of manipulation and consequent extension of the life of the book.

A specific object is to provide a book of the above type in which the used portion may "readily be distinguished from the unused portion thereof and the same be conveniently and quickly prepared for an entry.

Other objects and advantages will be in part obvious and in part pointed out hereinafter.

The invention accordinglyconsists in the features of construction, combinations of elements and arrangement of-parts which will be exemplified in the device herein described, and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the following.

claims.

In theaccompanying drawings, wherein is shown one of'various possible embodiments of my invention, Figures 1 and 2 are perspective views of the same? Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are side elevations showlng my sales book at different stages of manipulation. Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In order to render clearer the general nature of my invention it may here be noted nipulation is a prime requisite, that both. the- Such' a defect exists largely by eye and hand be plainly guided to the part at which the book is to be seized, and that the leaves thereof be so formed and arranged as topermit the ready isolation of those unused upon the book being seized at the part indicated.

The above and other advantages are attained in devices of the nature hereinafter described.

Referring now to the drawings, the book as shown, is made up of a pile of alternate'original and duplicate leaves, 1 and 2 respectively, of which the former are intended to be retained in the book and the duplicates to be detached and given to the customer, the duplicate being preferably perforated or otherwise weakened for ease of detachment, as at 11. The pile of originals and duplicates may, if desired, be mounted as in Fig. 1, upon a back ing '3 of cardboard or any other desired material for purposes of stiffening.

A carbon transfer sheet 4 may be connected in'proper relation to the pile of original and duplicate leaves as by attaching it to the backing at 5, or an ordinary loose carbon leaf may be used. A protective covering 6, is

preferably also provided, the same being bound about backing 3 and sheet 4, as shown at 7. v

Leaves or sales slips 1 and 2 are bound-in their proper relative positions and secured to backing 3 and cover .6 by means of staples 8,

or other fastening means.

The four top-most leaves of the pile 10 are I shown for purposes of illustration, as pushed up from their normal position which is indicated by those immediately below. Alternate leaves or slips have notches 9 cutin their edges through which appear portions of unnotched leaves therebetween. These unnotched leaves upon which the secondary or duplicate copy is to be made, are preferably of some distinctive color for a purpose hereinafter explained.

It may here be noted that by the word notch as used throughout this description and in the following claims isint'ended any reioo cess o-r irregularity in the surface of the leaf in which it is positioned through which a lower lying leaf is exposed.

The method of use of the above described embodiment of myinventionis as follows: Assuming the parts to be in the normal position-but With the outer flap or covering raised as shown in Fig. 2, the of one hand is placed within the recess formed by the registering notches in the used leaves, and, the unused portion being thus 'Iirmly held, that which has been used. may be readily raised eitherby' inverting the book or in any other desired manner, thus bringing the parts into the position shown in Fig. 3. 'lransfer sheet 4 is then superimposed upon the uppermost leaf, as shown in big. t, and the lowermost of the original leaves is laid upon this sheet, thus reparing the book for an entry as shown nrFig. 5. The entry having been made in the customary manner on the uppermost exposed surface ofthe original sheet, the! dulicate or secondary sheet immediately beovif the same to whichan impression has been transmitted through transfer sheet 4,

is then detached and any desired disposition made of the same. The entire pile of duplicate and original leaves are then raised from the book which may be perforn'led, if desired, by means of inverting the book and the. transfer sheet restored to its proper place, as shown in Fig. 2. I w

The words "primary and original are used throughout this specificathm and in the .followingclaims as synonymous to denote that sheet upon which an entry is made di-- rectly, whereas the words duplicate and secondary as counter-distinguished from the above, denote that sheet upon whichan entry is indirectly transmitted asby means. of a transfer sheet.

, This'invention is especially characterized by means for differentiating the original and duplicate leaves 'so that-when one or more duplicates have been removedfrom the book the osition of the next unused original and dup icate between which the carbon sheet is to be inserted, prior to making the record, may be readily ascertained without undue manipulation or fingering of the used portion of the book which would tend toinjure it and shorten its life. This may be provided "for in a variety of ways, but itisprefe'rably provided for, as shown in the present embodiment, 'in a way which guides both the eye and hand of the user accurately to the portion of the book which is 'to be used at a given time, by notchingor cutting away a portion 'ofeach original leaf, leaving the duplicates plain. Thus, when the book is first used, it may be held in the hand with the finger or ..-thumb resting upon the first duplicate inthe notch and therebyclearing the original, and the-original may then be easily drawn backor dropped back by inverting the book, and the same preparedfor an entr as above described.

-'1fter a number of duplicates have been retno-ved, although the leaves which are next in j. .'order will then be well down belowthe suri "faceof the b0ok,'the same operationmay be repeated, the thumb resting upon the next duplicate and clear of the originals by reason of the. .alined notches directly above the (,luplicatethereof, by reason of the distinctive coloring appearing through the registering notches of the leaves above, and original next in order for taking the record, but the linger or tlnnnb'is-likewise guided directly to the desired point so that the prior used leaves which are necessarlly in the way in a It will be obvious that this invention might be applied to sales books of various types whether provided with original and duplicate leaves as shown, or those in which a plurality of records of different number and intended to iemain in the book.

it may also here be noted that the expression normal position used throughout tlm'following claims is intended to be descriptive of that condition of the book in which all the duplicate and original leaves remaining therein at any stage of use are smoothly superimposed uponv one'another and upon the transfer sheet 4 when it rests against the backing 3. i y

it will thus be seen that I haveprovided a simple and efficient counter sales book where in the unused portion of. the .book may be readily differentiated from the used portion of the book so that access may be gained to the former-simply and expeditiously, thus economizing the time of the user and'avoiding injury to the book. prevents defacement of the bound records, increases'the life of the bookand prevents it from having the soiled appearance so often characteristic of these books after comparatively short use. It will also be noted that in this way the possible initial size of the book is increased since a comparatively large number of record sheets may be bound in one book and used without danger of defacement or injury.

Although he construction shown, in which the secondary leaf is detachable and the original is' bound in the book, possesses certain advantages, nevertheless both of these leaves ma be, weakened so as readily "to be detachab e, if'desiredi It "may also here be noted that the book may be made in triplicate instead of duplicate form by'alterations which should be obvious, andth'e three tieavesdmay be of uniform or varyingcolors as esire As many changes could be made in the the. user guided at once to the 'mrticulartype-are taken, some detachable and some bound book of this sort may be thrown back out of the way by a simple shake of the book.

This invention also above construction and many" apparently widely different embodiments of my invention could be made without departing from tion, which, as a matter of language, might" be said to fall therebetween.

Having described my invention, what claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is v 1. In a sales book or pad, in combination, a transfer sheet, and a plurality of alternately disposed original and'duplicate leaves substantially registering one with another about their edges and bound into a pad and adapted for use in conjunction with said transfer sheet, the leaves of one of saidsets being notched orcut away in registering por: tions thereof and the remaining leaves extending across said notches in said first leaves and being weakened to adapt the same for detachment from the pad at the stub end thereof,whereby upon said second mentioned leavjes being used and detached the register ing notches of the corresponding first mentioned leaves expose the uppermost unused leaf of said second mentioned leaves and permit the ready separation of the unused and used ortions of the pad.

2. n a sales book or pad, in combination, a transfer sheet, and a plurality of alternately disposed original and duplicate leaves sub-' stanti ally registering one with another about their edges and bound into a ad and adapted for use in conjunction said transfer sheet, the leaves of oneof said sets-being notched-or cut away in registering portions thereof and the remaining leaves extendin across said notches in said first leaves an being weakened to adapt, the same'for detachment from the pad at the stub end thereof and being of a material having a distinct= I ive color with respect to said first mentioned leaves, whereby upon said second mentioned leaves being used and detached the register: ing notches of the corresponding first mentioned'leaves expose the uppermost unused leaf of said second mentione leaves and perwit the ready separation of the unused and used portions of the pad.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, in'the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN RAE DIGKSON.

Witnesses:

PETER V. KELLER, zJOHNJ. ARNQLD. 

